Cap



Sept. 20, 1955 E. v' GRAHAM CAP Filed May 4, 1955 Ernest l/.6rahamUnited States Patent CAP Ernest V. Graham, Portage, Wis. Application May4, 1953, Serial No. 352,706

1 Claim. (Cl. 2-195) This invention relates to new and usefulimprovements and structural refinements in caps, particularly capshaving a visor provided with a stiffening insert, and the principalobject of the invention is to provide a cap of this character whereinthe stiffening insert may be quickly and easily removed from the visorwhen the cap is to be laundered or cleaned.

An important feature of the invention resides in the provision of novelmeans for sustaining the removable stiffening insert in position, thesemeans being entirely devoid of any metal fasteners, or the like, whichusually become rusted after the cap is subjected to laundering.

Some of the advantages of the invention reside in its simplicity ofconstruction and in its adaptability to economical manufacture.

With the above more important objects and features in view and suchother objects and features as may become apparent as this specificationproceeds, the invention consists essentially of the arrangement andconstruction of parts as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

Figure 1 is an underside perspective view of a cap constructed inaccordance with the invention, the same being partially broken away;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view of the cap;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional detail, taken substantially in theplane of the line 33 in Figure 2, and

Figure 4 is an underside plan view of the cap, illustrating the mannerin which the stiifening insert is installed or removed.

Like characters of reference are employed to designate like parts in thespecification and throughout the several views.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the cap isdesignated generally by the reference character and embodies in itsconstruction the customary crown 12 with a peripheral edge and thecustomary visor 14.

The visor 14 includes upper and lower curved panels 16, 18 havingconverging edges which are secured together at outer marginal edgesthereof as indicated at 19 and aiford a pocket 17 therebetween. Theupper panel 16 is also stitched as indicated at 20 to the crown 12,while the lower panel 18 is stitched as indicated at 22 to the customarysweatband 24. At this point the panels 16, 18 are separated so as toafliord an entrance opening 26 for the pocket 17, through which openinga stiffening insert 28 may be inserted in or removed from the pocket.

The insert 28 conforms substantially to the segmentshaped configurationwith tapering ends of the pocket and means are provided for removablysustaining the insert in position. These means consist of a pair ofcorner tabs 30 which are secured by the stitching 19, 20 in the endportions of the pocket 17, so as to provide what may be referred to assockets in the pocket, for the reception of the corresponding endportions 29 of the insert 28.

Moreover, a keeper strap 31 is secured centrally in the pocket 17 by thestitching 19, 20 and affords an elongated loop having the insert 28extending therethrough.

When it is desired to place the insert 28 in the pocket 17, the frontportion of the sweatband 24 is turned downwardly so as to expose theentrance opening 26, whereupon, with the insert 28 in the position shownin Figure 4, one end portion of the insert is passed between the keeperstrap 31 and the top panel 16, so that the insert may be swung or fedinwardly as indicated by the arrow 32 in Figure 4, until the inner endportion 29 of the insert is received in one of the sockets afforded bythe tabs 30. The other end portion of the insert may then be depositedin the other socket so that the two sockets together with the strap 31sustain the insert in position. Needless to say, the insert may bereadily removed by simply reversing the procedure above outlined.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferredembodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that minor changesin the details of construction and arrangement of parts may be resortedto without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention asclaimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

A cap including a crown having a peripheral edge and a visor attachedthereto, said visor comprising upper and lower panels disposed in spacedparallel relation and having curved inner and outer marginal edgesconverging at each end, said panels having a central portion and remotetapering end portions defined by said converging edges, the outermarginal edges of said panels being secured together, thereby affordinga pocket between the panels, the inner marginal edge of the upper panelbeing secured to the peripheral edge of the crown, the inner marginaledge of the lower panel underlying and being separated from the innermarginal edge of the upper panel thereby forming an entrance opening forthe pocket between the panels, a stiffening insert removably positionedin said pocket and generally conforming thereto in shape and size, andmeans for sustaining the insert in the pocket, said means including apair of corner tabs having an edge secured to the lower panel adjacentsaid end portions and having another edge secured to the crown, each ofsaid tabs having a free edge facing toward the central portion of thepanels thereby providing sockets at said end portions of the pocket andproviding a closure at the ends of the entrance opening, the endportions of said insert being positioned in said sockets, saidsustaining means also including an elongated keeper strap disposedadjacent the central portion of the visor between said panels and havingone end secured to the outer marginal edges of the panels and the otherend secured to the peripheral edge of the crown in underlying relationto the upper panel, thereby forming a loop for receiving the centralportion of the insert.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS243,947 Neufeld July 5, 1881 295,041 Newman Mar. 11, 1884 1,190,427Kromer July 11, 1916 1,506,815 Cormay Sept. 2, 1924

